NAMM 2022 VIDEO ROUND-UP: The best Guitar gear on show

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The many, many guitars that dominated NAMM 2022:

• GEAR EXPO SUMMER 2022: all the latest gear from NAMM and beyond

NAMM 2022: So, that was the NAMM that was. 

Join us for a video trot through the many guitar highlights from the cacophonous halls of the Anaheim Convention centre.

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